Battery; Charging Procedure; Battery Handling; Environmental Protection - Gesipa FireBird Mode D'emploi

3.2.2. Battery

Caution:
Following safety rules must be follow-
ed for adequate protection against electrical
shock, injuries or fire hazards:
•
Never try to charge a damaged battery.
•
Do not insert a dirty or wet battery into the
charger.
•
Never throw batteries into the waste, into fire
or into water.
•
Do not charge a battery when the environment
temperature is below 0°C.

3.3. Charging procedure

•
Charge only GESIPA batteries when the environ-
ment temperature is between 0°C and 40°C.
•
Take the charger out of its package and
connect to mains. Check the input voltage on
the type label before connecting.
•
Insert the battery in the right way (pole+ to
pole+) into the charger bay. Insertion should
take place without noticeable effort.
•
The charging operation starts automatically
when the battery is inserted into the charging
bay.
Function lights:
Steady green: Battery is charged,
preserv.charge in process
Blinking green: Charging
Steady red: Charging temperature out of range
(battery too hot or too cold)
Blinking red: Battery is defective
Typical charging cycles:
Type Part Number
1,4 Ah NiCd 725 1017
1,7 Ah NiCd 725 1092
2,0 Ah NiCd 725 1095
3,2 Ah NiMH 725 1030
*charging cycles may vary according to the rest capacity and the
battery temperature.
Charging cycle*
approx. 35 min
approx. 40 min
approx. 45 min
approx. 70 min

3.4. Battery handling

•
Use only cold batteries to obtain optimum
charging.
•
The GESIPA batteries can be charged approx.
1.000 times and reaches its maximum capacity
only after several charging cycles.
•
Do not insert the battery into the charger after
each use, but wait until the battery is fully dis-
charged (tool cannot set the rivet).
•
Recharge the battery after a long period of
inactivity.
•
Battery autonomy becoming shorter despite of
proper recharging means that the battery must
be replaced.
•
Keep the battery in dry and warm rooms.
The optimum operating temperature range is
10°C to 50°C.

3.5. Environmental protection

If batteries have to be replaced,
the following instructionsshould be
followed:
•
Bring back discarded batteries to your GESIPA
agent or to GESIPA for recycling.
•
Never throw away discarded batteries into
waste, fire or water.
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